abroad Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite in a foreign country
    overseas.
    • markets abroad
    • overseas markets
  2. adverb to or in a foreign country
    • they had never travelled abroad
  3. adverb far away from home or one's usual surroundings
    afield.
    • looking afield for new lands to conquer"- R.A.Hall
  4. adverb in a place across an ocean
    overseas.

WordNet

A*broad" adverb
Etymology
Pref. a- + broad.
Definitions
  1. At large; widely; broadly; over a wide space; as, a tree spreads its branches abroad.
    The fox roams far abroad. Prior.
  2. Without a certain confine; outside the house; away from one's abode; as, to walk abroad.
    I went to St. James', where another was preaching in the court abroad. Evelyn.
  3. Beyond the bounds of a country; in foreign countries; as, we have broils at home and enemies abroad. "Another prince . . . was living abroad." Macaulay.
  4. Before the public at large; throughout society or the world; here and there; widely.
    He went out, and began to publish it much, and to blaze abroad the matter. Mark i. 45.

Webster 1913